It took two attempts, but on Feb. 4, Boies, Schiller & Flexner finally withdrew as counsel to Shelby and Leslie Modell—a mother and her daughter, who are embroiled in a long-running dispute with Modell's Sporting Goods scion Mitchell Modell over his leadership of the family's popular East Coast retail chain. The firm said it was impossible to continue representing the women in the tangled litigation as a result of their failure to pay their legal bills.
Six months later, Boies Schiller continues to meet Shelby and Leslie Modell in court, only now, it's in an adversarial role.
